This essay focuses on the scientific communication transformations within the Information Science in Brazil, particularly those related to open access to digital journals and repositories. It is aimed to describe the characteristics of the open access Library and Information Science journals. The present context of Brazilian publications was examined collecting data through a survey procedure. Results showed that Brazilian scientific community is motivated in getting into the new scientific communication paradigm.
Open access; Open archives; Eprints; Information Science; IBICT; E-LIS
